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Diptayan Ghosh and Sammed Shete win 1st RCPP Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/06/2023

GM Diptayan Ghosh and IM Sammed Jaykumar are the winners of 1st RCPP Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2023. Four players - Diptayan, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, IM Ratnakaran K and GM Deep Sengupta scored 8/9 in Rapid. Except Ratnakaran, the remaining three remained undefeated. In the Blitz event, They were placed first to fourth according to tie-breaks. In Blitz also four players finished with 8/9 each. They are - Sammed, Diptayan, Deepan and IM Krishnater Kushager. They secured the first four places respectively. Only the top two remained undefeated. Diptayan and Deepan secured podium finishes in both events. Total prize fund of the events was ₹300000, ₹200000 for Rapid and ₹100000 for Blitz. Top three prizes in Rapid were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. For Blitz they were - ₹25000 + trophy, ₹15000 and ₹10000. All photos are by FA Atharva Godbole unless stated otherwise.

Diptayan's second and Sammed's fifth triumph of the year

Earlier this year, GM Diptayan Ghosh won 21st Rochefort Masters 2023 in France. IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete won one Rapid rating tournament, one Classical GM Round-Robin rating tournament where he scored his maiden GM-norm and two non-rated rapid event. 15-year-old Dakshraj Shadanan Bole became the only untitled player to make a top ten finish in Blitz. He scored 7.5/9 and was placed sixth according to tie-breaks. He gained a whopping 144.4 Elo rating points.

1st RCPP Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2023 Champions - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/9 and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 8/9

Rapid

Champion - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/9

Runner-up - GM Deepan Chakravarthy 8/9

Second Runner-up - IM Ratnakaran K 8/9

The podium finishers (L to R): 1st in Blitz and 6th in Rapid - IM Sammed Shette, 1st in Rapid and 2nd in Blitz - GM Diptayan Ghosh and 2nd in Rapid and 3rd in Blitz - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 

GM Diptayan Ghosh scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 2.8 Elo rating points

4th GM Deep Sengupta 7.5/9

5th IM P Shyam Nikhil 7.5/9

6th IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 7/9

7th GM FT Swayams Mishra 7/9

8th CM Akshay Borgaonkar 7/9

9th Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 7/9

10th Nithin Babu 7/9

Blitz:

Champion - IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 8/9

Runner-up - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/9

Second Runner-up - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 8/9

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 18 Elo rating points

4th IM Krishnater Kushager 8/9

5th IM P Shyam Nikhil 7.5/9

6th Dakshraj Shadanan Bole 7.5/9

7th IM Nubairshah Shaikh 7/9

8th IM Ratnakaran K 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th IM Kushagra Mohan 7/9

10th GM FT Swayams Mishra 7/9

Arbiters team with the organizer and officials

Video Gallery

Pawn Race in Rook Endings are Exciting - GM Diptayan vs CM Soham | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
8 vs 74 seconds - Where did all the time go? IM Sammed vs GM Diptayan | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
It's futile to try with a piece down against a GM | GM Diptayan vs IM Nubairshah | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
Final moments: IM Nubairshah Shaikh vs Viresh Sharnarthi | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
Defender must defend correctly even in a drawn Rook & Pawn endgame | Nithin Babu vs IM P Shyam Nikhil | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
Final moments: GM FT Swayams Mishra vs IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India
Maybe Maybe Maybe - IM Nubairshah vs IM Vikramaditya | Video: IM Prathamesh Mokal/ChessBase India

A total of 325 players including 4 GMs and 12 IMs in the Rapid and 294 players including 5 GMs and 12 IMs in the Blitz participated from various states across the country. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid and Blitz Rating tournament were organized by Rotary Club of Pune Pashan at PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, Maharashtra on 6th and 7th May 2023. The time control for Rapid was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment and for Blitz it was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
13
GMGhosh, DiptayanIND243585559,552,0007
24
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.IND2398854,559,551,7507
313
IMRatnakaran, K.IND222685255,547,5008
42
GMSengupta, DeepIND2438851,55648,7507
55
IMShyaamnikhil, PIND23897,5545947,7506
610
IMSammed Jaykumar, SheteIND2284753,558,544,7506
71
GMSwayams, MishraIND245275357,541,5007
821
CMBorgaonkar, AkshayIND2009752,55742,0006
918
Aakash Sharadchandra, DalviIND2146751,555,540,0007
1023
Nithin, BabuIND19777515540,0006
1111
IMAudi, AmeyaIND226075154,539,5007
129
IMMohammad, Nubairshah ShaikhIND23047505440,0007
1317
FMSharan, RaoIND2170749,553,538,5007
147
IMDas, ArghyadipIND2317748,55339,7506
1515
FMJain, Kashish ManojIND2200748,552,538,5007
1619
CMSoham, DatarIND210274851,538,5006
1757
Burli, PranavIND1509746,550,537,0006
1816
IMAbhishek, KelkarIND2185746,549,536,5006
1944
Sairaj, Dilip VernekarIND164374648,534,0007
2050
Khairmode, DhanashreewIND15797454934,0007
2166
Sherla, PrathameshIND1463742,546,534,0006
2229
AGMKiran, PanditraoIND18487424635,0007
2325
FMSauravh, KhherdekarIND19596,5515637,2506
2412
IMKulkarni, VikramadityaIND22406,549,553,536,7505
258
IMKushagra, MohanIND23086,54953,536,5006

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
112IMSammed Jaykumar, SheteIND22788505244,75
21GMGhosh, DiptayanIND2552849,55447,25
38GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.IND2351847,552,547,50
411IMKrishnater, KushagerIND231084751,545,50
55IMShyaamnikhil, PIND23897,549,55444,75
676Dakshraj, Shadanan BoleIND14537,54447,538,50
77IMMohammad, Nubairshah ShaikhIND23577515539,00
89IMRatnakaran, K.IND234575055,542,00
94IMKushagra, MohanIND24087505439,50
103GMSwayams, MishraIND2419748,553,540,00
1116FMJain, Kashish ManojIND2191747,552,538,50
1217IMRaahul, V SIND21907475239,50
132GMPuranik, AbhimanyuIND24777475138,00
24IMRavi, Thandalam ShanmugamIND20557475138,00
1515FMSharan, RaoIND2231746,550,538,50

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